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Can Anyone Help Me Find Out More About My Father?

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Reader Alison Willasey-Wilsey has written, ‘I wonder if Piping Press readers can assist me in finding out more information about my father now deceased.  ‘He said that he joined the Aberdeen and Dundee Pipe Band of the Royal Engineers in 1937. ‘He was subsequently called up to the Royal Engineers when war broke out in 1939. I know he was in a pipe band as a young boy in Aberdeen…

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Scots Guards KO/ Drumtochty Results

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The final of the popular Scots Guards Knock Out competition was held yesterday (June 23rd) in the Scots Guards Club, Haymarket, Edinburgh. Cameron May of Dillarburn, Lanarkshire, was the winner in a close contest against Sandy Cameron, Roy Bridge. Both young professionals put on an outstanding show for the packed audience. Cameron is pictured above with the SG KO trophy. The heats for the competition began last year and featured…

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Killin Games Entries Open/ Piping Live March/ Eilidh’s Trust Funding

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Killin Highland Games (August 7th) are now taking entries for their piping competitions. To enter click here.          All competitors pay admission to the park and this gains entry to the competitions. All competitors must report to the Piping Convenor by 10.30am. Piobaireachd, MSR and Jig for Juniors (U-14) and Seniors. Light music for Intermediate pipers. Four prizes in each event The games, to be held at Breadalbane…

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‘Pibroch by the Sea’ Details Announced

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Details of the annual ‘Pibroch by the Sea’ event in Brittany, France, have been announced by the promoters. In a departure from previous years, performances of ceòl mòr will be given at the spectacular Mont St Michel a couple of hours drive east from the usual host village of Cancale. The date is Saturday, September 7, and the performances will be given between 11am and 2.30pm. Ten piobaireachd players from…

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Boghall Concert Sold Out

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All 2,475 seats for Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Pipe Band’s Worlds Week concert have been taken. The concert, entitled ‘Cabar Feidh’, is on August 14 at 7.30pm. Tickets were priced at £36.40 and £35.28 plus online/ phone purchase fees. The main auditorium at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, where the performance will be staged, is now guaranteed to be packed creating an unforgettable atmosphere. Competition promoters Glasgow Skye Association Pipe…

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